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[DCharlie]

PSP Survey :

User / Purchase date / Purchase Region / Average daily usage / Total usage / storage method / Additional protection / Accidents + consequence / Machine state

1. DCharlie / 12th Dec 2004 / JPN / 3 hours / 80+ hours / Value pack case + Swiss Company protector bag / none / Caught screen on zip of Swiss bag / 3 dead pixels + 1 stupidly self inflicted scratch in top right corner

2. Mrs Charlies unit : Perfect
3. Brother in laws unit : 4 dead pixels
4. Shonuff : 3 dead pixels
5. Friends unit : 1 dead pixel
6. Jonnyram : non closing drive door
7. Tetsuoxb : about a billion dead pixels
8. Nash : Perfect (we all have the red bleed issue!)
9. Novery : 1 dead pixel
10. Novery's bro : 2 dead pixels , broken analogue stick
11. Prince : 2 dead pixels, dust under screen
12. Belfast : Perfect prior to unfortunate bus incident.
13. CVXFREAK : Ejection disk of death
14. Defensor : 2 dead pixels
15. Vibri : 1 dead pixel
16. JeFfrey : Perfect
17. Chespace : Dust under screen
18. Newsguy : 2 dead pixels
19. Dagon : Perfect
20. Fugimax : Perfect
21. Drohne : Dust, but fixed (brave man)
22. Lyte Edge : Perfect (had issue with button, gone)
23. Mistwalker : Perfect
24. Mistwalkers friend : sticky square button
25. Kpop100 : Perfect
26. Kpop's cousing : Perfect
27. Kpop's Ebayer : Dust
28. Saint Ajola : Stuck Pixel, followed by dark spot, followed by replacement with 2 daed pixels, sticky shoulder buttons
29. Reno : Perfect
30. Bebpo : 2 dead pixels, 1 stuck pixel, DREs
31. hyp : Perfect
32. Fowler : 1 dead pixel, fixed square button.
33. TTP : 2 stuck pixels
34. Duckroll : Perfect
35. Nick Laslett : Perfect
36. Endymion : Perfect

36 units / 16 Perfect

 

[sonycowboy]

You need help.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Welp, back to Sony my unit goes -- let's hope they have a screen replacement dealie. Have they ever come out and said what number of dead pixels is acceptable?

 

[DCharlie]

"You need help."

... why?

If people love Sony, they'd want them to get better, not bury their heads when there is an obvious issue (it's probably more to do with Sharp than anything given the screens seem to be where the issues is). Just ignoring any problems or issues doesn't make you a bigger sony fan, it makes you an arsewipe.

* you != you, i mean, any fan.

 

[DECK'ARD]

No dead pixels or other problems with mine.

Only thing is the red-bleed under certain circumstances.

 

[novery]

You need help.

Thanks for your contribution to this thread, asshole.

Okay, can we get a full list of anyone who has a unit and what defects they have or if they are perfect or not?

Known issues are :

1. Dead Pixels
2. Broken control stick
3. Broken / stuck buttons
4. Non-closing drive door
5. Ejection disk of death

I've got one dead pixel. My brother's PSP has two dead pixels and his analog stick broke off.

-rp

 

[Prince]

i got:

- 2 dead pixels (only visible with a dark screen).
- a little dust at the bottom of the screen (only visible with a dark screen).
- and sometimes the Dpad makes a squeeking sound.

 

[Belfast]

Broken LCD screen.

Of course, that was due to a physical hit to the unit. Alas....

Still, before that I really had *no* problems.

 

[seismologist]

Thanks for your contribution to this thread, asshole.



I've got one dead pixel. My brother's PSP has two dead pixels and his analog stick broke off.

-rp

How the hell did that happen? Can you put it back on after it "breaks"?

 

[Defensor]

2 dead pixels, they could be dust though...

 

[cvxfreak]

CVXFREAK's issue: Ejection disk of [doomful] death

I MAY have one dead pixel but I honestly can't tell.

 

[DCharlie]

any problems with your unit Seiz?

 

[Firest0rm]

Yes, I have an invisible PSP Unit.

 

[DCharlie]

at least you can't see your dead pixels!

 

[BuddyC]

I'll find out in a day or two.

 

[Vibri]

One dead pixel on mine.

 

[border]

You already got burned on the PSX. Why are you still buying first-production-run Sony hardware?

 

[DCharlie]

"You already got burned on the PSX. Why are you still buying first-production-run Sony hardware?"

hardware whore, i can't help myself.

 

[p_xavier]

Perfect unit also.

 

[chespace]

I got some dust towards the bottom edge of the screen. Only bothers me when it's a black and backlit screen.

 

[newsguy]

I have 2 dead pixels (one dead center). the ony other issue is a squeaky D-pad, but that's really not an issue.

 

[Brofist]

perfect, and thats the original one I got for my b-day.

Bought 2 more, another perfect one went to my cousin, the one I sold on ebay had a little dust, that was it.

All mine came from the same electronics store, yamada denki.

 

[novery]

How the hell did that happen? Can you put it back on after it "breaks"?

He says it just fell off at some point and he doesnt know where the analog stick went. The good thing is that the d-pad is preferable in most games so far..


-rp

 

[Mistwalker]

Perfect system here.

Bought one for a friend that had a somewhat sticky square button, but that's all.

 

[Dagon]

No problems whatsoever.

*kisses PSP*

 

[fugimax]

Squeaky d-pad is all here.

 

[drohne]

had some dust under the screen, but i opened the system up and got rid of it.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

My invisible system is perfect, almost a little too perfect as I can see directly through it. It's a special unit

 

[Lyte Edge]

I have (or perhaps HAD?) a slight problem with my square button sticking when I first got the system. However, after all the use the system has seen, this is no longer happening and the unit seems perfect now. I didn't get any dead pixels on the screen so I count myself as lucky anyway.

Since I should have Shin Sangoku Musou tomorrow, I'll definitely find out if there's still any sticking issues with the square button, but I guess you can put me down under "perfect" for now.

 

[Saint Ajola]

The unit I got at launch had a stuck pixel that can only be seen with the red coloured BG as well as a 'constellation' of stuck pixels(usually whitish) when it is displaying a black BG(when loading etc). 2 weeks of use later, the screen developed a dark spot(looks like a burn-in) less than 1 cm in diameter. Close examination of the spot revealed a cluster(15) of stuck pixels - which are most visible with a blue/purple BG.

Sent it to the PS Clinic in Kisaragi for repairs on the 24th and got it back on the 29th. The replacement screen have two stuck pixels but are visible only with a black BG... Its an improvement I guess. They also got rid of 2 fibres/scratches under the cover of my unit however the D-Pad is as squeaky as ever and the shoulder buttons seems to stick alot especially with extensive playtime on Lumines.

.k

 

[Che]

You guys broke the "do not buy sony consoles on launch" rule. You deserve what you get.

Now seriously damn you guys couldn't you wait a few of months?

 

[Oichi]

Mine seems to be in perfect condition. Woot!

 

[BuddyC]

You guys broke the "do not buy sony consoles on launch" rule. You deserve what you get.

Now seriously damn you guys couldn't you wait a few of months?

Cause everyone in this thread is all up in arms that their PSP isn't perfect. I'm pretty sure we all knew what we were getting into.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

whats the ejection disk of doom thing?

 

[Bebpo]

--2 dead pixels, 1 stuck pixel.
--random "cannot read disc error" msgs

 

[Deleted member 284]

whats the ejection disk of doom thing?

Hold the system a certain way and the umd pops out like toast. But you really have to massage the unit from what I've seen.

 

[DCharlie]

"You guys broke the "do not buy sony consoles on launch" rule. You deserve what you get."
Now seriously damn you guys couldn't you wait a few of months?"

... erm.... why should we , grandad?

 

[heavy liquid]

Yikes. I'm glad I held off on importing one.

I almost broke down and ordered one a few times, but it probably is best to wait. I hope these issues aren't as widespread with the NA release...

 

[kaching]

So are we going to attempt to be as empirical about this with all other systems?

 

[Foobar]

Yikes. I'm glad I held off on importing one.

I almost broke down and ordered one a few times, but it probably is best to wait. I hope these issues aren't as widespread with the NA release...

I hoped the same thing for PS2, I even waited for the second model... it still had issues. I'd swear Sony makes their shit so it can break.

But, hooray, 80 million units "sold!"

 

[AirBrian]

whats the ejection disk of doom thing?

Courtesy of Amir0x's avatar.

 

[cvxfreak]

Is that the *ONLY* method of ejection disc of doom?

Mine ejects, but only when moved a certain way.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

I hoped the same thing for PS2, I even waited for the second model... it still had issues. I'd swear Sony makes their shit so it can break.

But, hooray, 80 million units "sold!"

Yep, either you're lucky and you get good Sony hardware or you don't. I'ver prosonally never had an issue with their systems *knocks on wood*

I'll be buying a PSP at launch (w/ a extended warranty just in case ).

 

[xsarien]

I hoped the same thing for PS2, I even waited for the second model... it still had issues. I'd swear Sony makes their shit so it can break.

All hardware has issues, especially at launch. The GBA SP had dust issues in the beginning; the Japanese XBox was scratching discs; hell, how many of you consider XBoxes with Thompson drives to be anathema? I consider the fact that you have to power cycle the DS after going into any of the sub-menus an "issue" as well. Nintendo shouldn't have let it out of the gates with such a glaring flaw in the UI. Or, if they just couldn't - at all - fix it before launch, there should be some kind of fix that you can download. Hey, remember when Sega managed to accidentally let a few dud game discs out with the Dreamcast launch. Oops.

Sony tends to stand out because with 80 million PS2s out there, there are going to be inevitable lemons. Even a low percentage of bad PS2s will probably be a surprisingly high number, but that's because of sheer volume. It's not something they can get around easily, it's not as if they're aiming for as much press as possible about how their hardware stinks. Personally, I don't think dead pixel issues should even fall on the "Sony QA sucks!" bandwagon, simply because it's a fact of the technology. It's something that Sony and Sharp will have to work to minimize. It won't go away, though. Not with the PSP, DS, SP, or even the Gizmondo.

 

[hyp]

mine's perfect. add me to the list.

 

[tetsuoxb]

thanks for outting me on the billion dead pixels. I am going to look into having it repaired after the mizuguchi interview.

 

[Duckhuntdog]

No good can come of this, please lock.

 

[Patrick Klepek]

No good can come of this, please lock.

:lol

 

[GaimeGuy]

No good can come of this, please lock.

:lol

I'm sure you said the same thing about people complaining about dead pixels on their DSes (which Nintendo was replacing FOR FREE, by the way, while Sony isn't even repairing them)

 

[Socreges]

The US launch should have most or all of these issues resolved, right? Not that any one of us would know for sure, but considering that they're developing the same hardware...

:lol @ sonycowboy telling DCharlie that he needs help